Two Songs is a pair of songs for voice and piano composed in 191718 by John Ireland (18791962).[1] Both are settings of poems by Rupert Brooke (18871915) from his collection 1914.

A performance of both songs takes around 6 minutes.[2] The songs are:[3]

  1. "The Soldier" [4]
  2. "Blow Out, You Bugles" [5]

References

  1. "List of works – T to Y". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. John Ireland: Songs (2), for voice & piano (1917–1918) at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. "Texts to Two Songs: Song Cycle by John Ireland". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. The Soldier (Ireland, John): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  5. Blow Out, You Bugles (Ireland, John): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project


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